GM had the reputation as our best recruiter when he was here and then he went to ND and out recruited us on a several players that we wnt head to head on if memory serves. This is an all around awesome hire!

I was completely agaisnt the Hoke hire. I wanted Harbaugh, Gruden, any high profile OC/DC over Hoke. With the way things are falling into place...man it feels good to admit i was wrong! Very excited about the the next season, the staff, and even THIS ( yeah i said it) this recruiting class. The way things are shaping up im betting we steal a few last min guys.

Between these and many of Hoke's comments it's starting to feel like the early stages of a Hollywood movie production. Men coming home from coast to coast to save the football program at the school they loved. It seems like we are getting all the right actors, with all the right lines. All that's left is to deliver the goods. And I believe they will.

Absolutely love hearing quotes like this coming from people out in the "real world." I know Harbaugh has connections to here from his dad. But to hear an NFL HC tell his DC he will totally understand leaving to take the same job at a college program...well that just brings back a sense of why the school we love is so great.

I'm absolutely fired up and ready to get aggressive, tough defense back here. We've got good things ahead.

like Hoke is the guy that all the mid-late 90's Michigan players & coaches watched grow up and thought they wouldn't mind working for him in 10 years or so after he just got a little experience... now if we manage to beat Ohio St next year...... wow. I may just pay Rick Derringer to re-record "Real American" to "I am a real Mich-i-gan Man"

"There's a certain amount of pride that goes with playing Michigan football. We will put a product on the field that is Michigan-type football. That's another reason I'm coming back — I know what I was taught by those Michigan coaches, and I want to put that back on the field."

I'm glad they got someone with a decent resume. Seeing the numbers as they are, it looks as though I may have been a bit premature with my fears of Hoke "putting the band back together." If I am seeing it correctly, only 3 out of nine, including Hoke, are from the IMCT.

If Hoke pulls this off in a best-case scenario, he may end up with a staff and philosophy that contains the best of what the Carr-tel has to offer while grafting a lot of new coaching DNA into the IMCT geneology, making it finally be the "No Longer Inbred Michigan Coaching Tree."

It would keep the old school fans happy, the media and ex-players would get their "Michigan Men" to fawn over, while actually giving Michigan a chance to be a team that isn't 20 years behind the coaching/learning curve anymore.

And if it doesn't happen, I guess I'll just have to stop believing in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.